Macon, MS
| Macon, Mississippi | |
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Noxubee County Courthouse in Macon
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 Location of Macon, Mississippi |
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 Macon, Mississippi
Location in the United States
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| Coordinates: 33°6′45″N 88°33′40″W / 33.11250°N 88.56111°WCoordinates: 33°6′45″N 88°33′40″W / 33.11250°N 88.56111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Noxubee |
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| • Total | 1.5 sq mi (3.9 km2) |
| • Land | 1.5 sq mi (3.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 197 ft (60 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,768 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 2,614 |
| • Density | 1,800/sq mi (710/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 39341 |
| Area code(s) | 662 |
| FIPS code | 28-44240 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0673046 |
| Website | www |
Macon is a city in Noxubee County, Mississippi along the Noxubee River. The population was 2,461 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Noxubee County.
In 1817 the Jackson Military Road was built at the urging of Andrew Jackson to provide a direct connection between Nashville and New Orleans. The road crossed the Noxubee River just west of Macon, located at the old Choctaw village of Taladega, now the site of the local golf club. The road declined in importance in the 1840s, largely due to the difficulty of travel in the swamps surrounding the Noxubee River in and west of Macon.
The route for the most part was replaced by the Robinson Road, which ran through Agency and Louisville before joining the Natchez Trace, bypassing Macon.
On September 15, 1830, US government officials met with an audience of Choctaw 6,000 men, women and children at Dancing Rabbit Creek to explained the policy of removal through interpreters. The Choctaws faced migration west of the Mississippi River or submitting to U.S. and state law as citizens.
The treaty would sign away the remaining traditional homeland to the United States; however, a provision in the treaty made removal more acceptable.
The town was named Macon on August 10, 1835 in honor of Nathaniel Macon, a statesman from North Carolina.
The city served as the capitol for the state of Mississippi during the Civil War from 1863 onward.
The legislature was housed in the Calhoun Institute, which also housed Governor Charles Clark's office and served as one of several hospital sites in Macon.
In October 1865, Governor Benjamin Humphreys attempted to retrieve the furniture from the governor's mansion to Jackson, however it had been either destroyed or stolen.
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